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Reading list: Halloween Book Bingo - Supernatural square

This category on the Halloween Bingo is almost a gimme square: most of the other categories include or imply some variation of "Supernatural" (witches, ghosts, vampires, magic).

To keep this list from being largely a repeat of the other bingo lists, I'm going to stick with supernatural books that *don't* include witches, ghosts, vampires, or werewolves in the main premise. They might show up now and again, but these will be books that are oriented toward psychical talents and malevolence (and zombies).

NOTE: The focus of this list is NOT the limitations of the bingo square itself: anything 'Supernatural' will qualify for the bingo.

Please leave any recommendations in the comments below and I'll add them to the list asap.

Thinking of zombies -- if you include those, arguably George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" would qualify for the "Supernatural" square, too. "The Others" / "The White Walkers" are a mighty zombie-like species. (Don't know whether the inclusion of dragons would make a book qualify, though. If those are enough, half the entire canon of fantasy literature would fit this square.)

Also, looking at the other end of the spectrum, there are
-- good fairies and elves in Matt Ruff's "Fool on the Hill" (ISBN 13: 9780802135353; ISBN 10: 0802135358)
-- and very bad elves in Terry Pratchett's "Lords and Ladies" (ISBN 13: 9780552138918; ISBN 10: 0552138916), which is part of the "Witches" subset, so it would obviously also qualify for that particular square.

And then ... I don't know if anybody besides me would be nutty enough to read Shakespeare for a bingo game, but just in case, the Bard's two plays with supernatural elements (other than "Macbeth": witches) are
* "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (ISBN 13: 9780743477543; ISBN 10: 0743477545) -- fairies and elves
* and "The Tempest" (ISBN 13: 9780743482837; ISBN 10: 0743482832) -- Ariel, the spirit; and Prospero's magic gifts.

I added those you included ISBNs for (even the Shakespeare - totally supernatural, imo). The dragons are a fine line, I agree, but they are magical, which by definition is supernatural, so I included the ones that didn't scream "fantasy".

I was really just aiming at not making this list a duplicate of the others, and offer the bingo players a wide variety of choices.

Thank you, and I totally agree on your approach (incidentally, when I mentioned dragons I was thinking of G.R.R. Martin, too, since dragons are sort of crucial to the series). Anyway, in case anyone is using it for the bingo, the ISBNs for the first book are ISBN 13: 9781892065308 and ISBN 10: 1892065304.

Elentarri's Book Blog:
Patricia A McKillip also has a whole bunch of short stand-alone novels that cover all sorts of topics, usually with some sort of paranormal/mystical/magical bent.
[...]
All of them are good, especially the Riddle-Master Trilogy.
[...]
Atrix Wolfe by McKillip has a sort of shape shifting wolf thing in it. Nearly all her books have some sort of sorceress/sorcerer/witch/wizard in it. Od Magic is a good one if you want a wizard/sorcerer and a magic school.

Linda Hilton:
Jennifer Roberson has a whole series on shapeshifters, the Cheysuli, but I don't know if there are any wolves in it.

I just started a book titled St Patrick's Gargoyle by Katherine Kurtz. It's only 240 pages, has a gargoyle (for the monster or supernatural square) and he also does some sleuthing (amateur sleuth square?).

This book fits the supernatural square is several ways and its pretty good without being gory or horrifying. No sex.
the book is set in Dublin, Ireland just before Christmas (for Christmas Bingo?)and makes use of various churches and one "castle"as settings.

Christmas Bingo? That sounds interesting. I wonder how many different types of holiday books could be found for that? Perhaps bring in the different cultural holidays as well as different approaches to Christmas stories!

25 holiday stories / books from all over the world *would* make for a great bingo. Or, heck, just something of the (more reduced) size of the "12 Tasks of the Holiday Season" version from last year ...

A 9 square perhaps? A quick Google search yesterday told me that while Hannukah can easily be found and various Pagan holidays, Islam isn't aligned with the same dating system, not even loosely. And the holiday books that exist tend to be for small children.

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (9781408856888)
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny (9781911440864)
Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw (9780356508870)
Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews (9781721618804)
The Hunger by Alma Katsu (9780525536277)
Daughters of Darkness by Various Authors (9780865620353)

More books from the participants' reading plan lists -- including unassigned / "free square" / "wild card" books that would fit this category:

Cold Days by Jim Butcher (9780451419125)
Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts (9780515155907) -- and the other 2 books of the Guardians Trilogy would work here as well, probably.
The Child Thief by Brom (9780061671340)
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (9780552146159)
Elizabeth by Ken Greenhall (9781943910670)

A Strange Hymn by Laura Thalassa (9781974677368)
-- also "The Bargainer", book 1: "Rhapsodic" (9781541130852)
Catskinner’s Book by Misha Burnett (9781479179732)
Salvage: a Ghost Story by Duncan Ralston (9781533405647)
The Reaper’s Daughter by K. M. Randall (9781988256238)
The Liminal People by Ayize Jama-Everett (9781931520331)
The Nun’s Dragon by Christine Emmert (9781507768198)
Wyrmhole by Jay Caselberg (9781977053046)
The Queen is Dead by Kate Locke (9780356501444)
-- also "Immortal Empire", book 1: "God Save the Queen" (9780356501437)
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (9780552124751)
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (9780552148405)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd by Phil Rickman (9780857890146)

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